Li-Jun Ji
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Dr. Ji's core research program is aimed at understanding the relationship between culture and reasoning (broadly defined). Culture shapes the way people reason, and the way people think about the world reinforces and sustains culture. Dr. Ji has investigated cultural differences between European North Americans and East Asians in perception, memory, categorization, prediction, and judgment and decision making. In addition to documenting cultural differences, Dr. Ji is also interested in examining the origins and mechanisms of these differences.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Communication, Language
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Health Psychology
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Nonverbal Behavior
- Organizational Behavior
- Person Perception
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Ji, L. J. (2008) The leopard cannot change his spots, or can he: Culture and the development of lay theories of change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(5), 613-622.
- Ji, L. J., Guo, T., Zhang, Z., & Messervey, D. (2009) Looking into the past: Cultural differences in perception and representation of past information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 761-769.
- Ji, L. J., Nisbett, R. E., & Su, Y. (2001) Culture, change, and prediction. Psychological Science, 12(6), 450-456.
- Ji, L. J., Peng, K., & Nisbett, R. E. (2000) Culture, control and perception of relationships in the environment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(5), 943-955.
- Ji, L. J., Schwarz, N., & Nisbett, R. E. (2000) Culture, autobiographical memory, and social comparison: Measurement issues in cross-cultural studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26(5), 586-594.
- Ji, L. J., Zhang, Z., & Guo, T. (2008) To buy or to sell: Cultural differences in stock market decisions based on stock price trends. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21(4), 399-413.
- Ji, L. J., Zhang, Z., & Nisbett, R. E. (2004). It is culture, or is it language? Examination of language effects in cross-cultural research on categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 57-65.
- Ji, L. J., Zhang, Z., Usborne, E., & Guan, Y. (2004). Optimism across cultures: In response to the SARS outbreak. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 25-34.
Courses Taught:
- Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Culture and Cognition
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
Li-Jun Ji
Department of Psychology
Queen's University
62 Arch Street, Humphrey Hall
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
Canada
- Phone: (613) 533-2888